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ArticleFunctional & integrative genomics2025

β-Lapachone sensitizes glioblastoma to Temozolomide by inhibiting NF-κB signaling.

Chunhua Quan, Ying Liu, Yuan Gao, Houkun Zhou, Haiyan Quan, Anna Han, Xiaodan Lu, Zhenhua Lin

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Article in Functional & integrative genomics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Chunhua QuanCentral Laboratory & Precision Medicine Center, Yanbian University Hospital, 133000, Yanji, Jilin, P.R. China.
Ying LiuKey Laboratory of Pathobiology & State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Yanbian University, 133000, Yanji, Jilin, P.R. China.
Yuan GaoCentral Laboratory & Precision Medicine Center, Yanbian University Hospital, 133000, Yanji, Jilin, P.R. China.
Houkun ZhouCentral Laboratory & Precision Medicine Center, Yanbian University Hospital, 133000, Yanji, Jilin, P.R. China.
Haiyan QuanCentral Laboratory & Precision Medicine Center, Yanbian University Hospital, 133000, Yanji, Jilin, P.R. China.
Anna HanCentral Laboratory & Precision Medicine Center, Yanbian University Hospital, 133000, Yanji, Jilin, P.R. China.
Xiaodan LuPrecision Molecular Medicine Center, Jilin Provincial People's Hospital, 130000, Changchun, Jilin, P.R. China.
Zhenhua LinCentral Laboratory & Precision Medicine Center, Yanbian University Hospital, 133000, Yanji, Jilin, P.R. China. zhlin720@ybu.edu.cn.

Funding

the National Natural Science Foundation of China No.82360576the Projects of Science and Technology Department of Jilin Province No.YDZJ202401041ZYTS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Temozolomide (TMZ) constitutes the first-line chemotherapeutic regimen for glioblastoma (GBM), yet its clinical efficacy remains suboptimal. β-lapachone, a naturally occurring NQO1 inhibitor, has demonstrated potent antitumor activity across multiple malignancies. Based on the critical involvement of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) in GBM pathogenesis, this study investigated whether β-lapachone can enhance the antitumor effect of TMZ by targeting the NF-κB pathway using both in vitro and in vivo models. We found that β-lapachone acts synergistically with TMZ to inhibit GBM cell proliferation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), and angiogenesis by suppressing NF-κB activation through blockade of p65 nuclear translocation. These results provide a solid preclinical foundation for combining β-lapachone with TMZ as a promising strategy to counteract TMZ resistance in GBM.

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Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaNaphthoquinonesNF-kappa BTemozolomideAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDrug SynergismEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHumansMiceMice, NudeSignal TransductionTranscription Factor RelAXenograft Model Antitumor Assaysbeta-lapachoneNaphthoquinonesNF-kappa BTemozolomideTranscription Factor RelAGlioblastomaNF-κB pathwayTemozolomideβ-Lapachone

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